Humphrey Ker is an Emmy and Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning writer, actor and football club director.

He is known for his roles on NBC’s American Auto, FX’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and BBC1’s Daddy Issues, alongside appearances on Have I got News For You, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Welcome To Wrexham.

As a writer he has worked for three seasons on Apple TV Hit Mythic Quest, written the upcoming Amazon Prime Feature Film If I Were You and the stage and feature film versions of Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher.

David Reed is a playwright, actor and comedian.

Radio credits include: Macbeth Rebothered, The Odyssey, Curse of The Beagle, Le Carré On Spying, Don Quixote, Hadrian’s Beard, Richard III Rebothered and Severus (Co-written with Paterson Joseph). He is the creator of Audible Original series Zeroes and BBC3 animated series The Real History of Sex.

Television credits include: Daddy Issues, It’s Kevin & The Wrong Door. His debut theatrical production, Guy Fawkes, was staged by York Theatre Royal in 2022.

John Kearns is an actor, writer and the only comedian to have won both the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for Best Show and Best Newcomer in the awards’ 40-year history.

John was a breakout star of Series 14 of Taskmaster and his wider credits include the lead role in cult hit BBC3/Netflix sitcom Top Coppers, co-host of Guessable alongside Sara Pascoe and team captain Alan Davies, Would I Lie To You?, Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and House of Games.

John’s fifth stand-up comedy hour The Varnishing Days was filmed and released as a special on Sky and Now TV in August 2024 following a sold-out nationwide tour and his new show will tour the UK in 2026.

Theatre includes: Spike (Watermill Theatre & National Tour), Dick Whittington (Lyric Hammersmith), The Half, The Congress of Oddities (Pleasance), John Finnemore’s Flying Visit (Tour/Yellow Car Productions), Di & Viv & Rose (Stephen Joseph Theatre). 

TV and Film includes: Cheaters, Daddy Issues, Eastenders, Motherland, Catastrophe, Miranda, Buffering, The Hustle, Holby City, Bucket, The Agency, Evermoor, The IT Crowd, Father Figure, In and Out of the Kitchen, Fresh Meat, Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, We Are Mongrels, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, Psychoville. 

Radio includes: Randy Feltface’s Destruction Manual, The Archers, Sick, Woman’s Hour, The Penny Dreadfuls, John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme, The Missing Hancocks, The Pin, Ed Reardon’s Week, The Brig Society, The Secret World, Beauty of Britain, Newsjack, The Now Show, Another Case of Milton Jones, Bigipedia, In and Out of the Kitchen, Sarah Millican’s Support Group, Brian Gulliver’s Travels. 

Podcasts include: Crushed By Margaret Cabourn-Smith, The Guilty Feminist, Do the Right Thing, Inside the Comedian, Hoovering, Smershpod. 

Christian is originally from South Wales and trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.  

Theatre Credits Include: Operation Mincemeat (Fortune Theatre, West End), Shit-faced Showtime: A Pissedmas Carol, Shit-faced Showtime: Alice Through the Cocktail Glass (London and Edinburgh), Turning the Screw (New Wimbledon Theatre), Present Laughter (FST), Cinderella (Gordon Craig Theatre).  

Television Credits Include; Autopsy; The Last Hours of Roy Orbison (ITV), D-Day 80 at the Royal Albert Hall (ITV), VE Day; a celebration to remember (BBC) and campaigns for McDonald’s, Audible and Paddy Power. 

Susan is an award-winning actress, character comedian and improviser. 

Theatre Credits include: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (UK tour and West End); Pinocchio (Unicorn Theatre); Mischief Movie Night (Mischief Theatre); The Button (Subtext Theatre); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo Theatre); Heels Of Glory (Chelsea Theatre); Robin Hood and Marian (New Vic Theatre); Jennie Benton Wordsmith (Underbelly, Edinburgh);The Elephantom (The National) Bagpuss (Soho Theatre/Birmingham Stage);Be Our Guest (BBC Salford Sitcom Showcase); Creatures –Three Weeks Editor’s Choice Award Winner (Edinburgh Fringe); The Gathering (Theatre Abandon); Charlie and Lola (PolkaTheatre and BBC Worldwide); Hansel and Gretel (Barbican/Catherine Wheels); The BFG (Polka); Home East Lothian (National Theatre Scotland); Little Women (Theatreworks); Men Should Weep (Oxford Stage Company); The Fence (The Wrestling School); Bad Girls (Polka Theatre & Number 1 Tour); The Melancholy Hussar (Etcetera Theatre); Too Far to Walk (King’s Head Theatre) Nightflights, Abody’s Aberdee and Pants (Dundee Rep). 

Short Film Credits include: Richer Than God: The Tony Milch (The Awkward Silence); A Mind Full (Offkey World); One Size Fits All (Tasters) (One Size Productions); Seashore (Organised Chaos Films); Plant Fashion (Sea Urchin Films); Power of POW! (PHILLIMOREfilms).
 

Audio Credits include: DR WHO: THE THIRD DOCTOR ADVENTURES, DR WHO AND THE BRAIN DRAIN and Doctor Who: The Second Doctor Adventures: Conspiracy of Raven (Big Finish);  Beef and Dairy Network (Maximum Fun); Victoriocity Season 3 (Victoriocity Productions); The Rez (Rezilience Ltd); Shan Hai Jing Stories (CulturEd); Archergeddon (Gigglemug Sounds); Lost in Time & Super Rivals (MTFLIX); To Sleep To Dream (Earfilms); When Romantic Things Happen For No Apparent Reason (RoosterTeeth). 

Training: LAMDA.

Credits include: Mr Braithwaite in Billy Elliot (Curve Theatre, Leicester), Jamie’s Dad/ Resident Director in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (UK & International Tour), Mr Myers in Fame The Musical (UK Tour), Widow Twankey in Aladdin Rock’n Roll Pantomime (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich), Morocco in Europe, Mike Connor in High Society and Bruce in People (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Big Moe in Five Guys Named Moe (Underbelly Festival Square Edinburgh), Big Jule in Guys & Dolls (UK Tour & Phoenix Theatre), Memphis in The Life (English Theatre Frankfurt), Marvin in I Will Be Everything (New International Encounter), Nugget in Equus (Pomegranate Theatre), Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, The Narrator in The Boxed Romeo & Juliet (BoxClever Theatre) and Mrs. Rochester in The Brontës of Dunwich Heath…and Cliff (Eastern Angles).

Training: Stockholm/Sweden, Musical Theatre 

Theatre Credits Include: Aladdin (Göta Lejon); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Gothenburg Opera); The Party (Strut n Fret); HEX (National Theatre); SIX (Kenny Wax Ltd); South Pacific (Chichester Festival Theatre); King and I (Trafalgar); Cabaret (Gothenburg Operahouse); Miss Saigon International tour (Cameron Mackintosh) Original cast, Miss Saigon (Cameron Mackintosh); Snow White – The Musical (Dröse & Norberg) Cabaret (Dröse & Norberg); Spring Awakening (Base23). 

Workshops Include: Red Book 

Concert Credits Include: We Will Rock You (Live Nation) 

Theatre whilst training, include: Little Women, The Wild Party and Putting it Together (Arden School of Theatre) 

Theatre Credits include:  Cable Street (The Southwark Playhouse), David Walliams’ Demon Dentist (UK Tour), Snow White (UK Productions – Winner: Best Female Lead – Pantomime Awards 2025) and Jack & The Beanstalk (York Theatre Royal). 

Theatre Credits Include: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (West End and National Tour), Game Theory (Tristan Bates Theatre); The Society of Strange (International Tour); The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (Big Wooden Horse); The Fantastical Story Factory (Extempore Theatre); Murder Most Fowl (Quay Arts Centre); The Mikado (Tabard Theatre); Wind in the Willows (Brewhouse Theatre); Lady Macbeth (Cockpit Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Oval House Theatre). 

Voice Over Credits Include: Shameless Women (Mobley Street Productions); Raiders of the Lost Art (3DD). 

Theatre Credits Include: Anne Boleyn: The Musical (Historalia Productions); Pretty Woman: The Musical (Theatre 11 Zurich and UK Tour); A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE MUSICAL (Hope Mill Theatre / The Lowry); The Book Of Mormon (West End and UK/INT Tour); Mayday Mayday Tuesday: Mikhail’s Story (Ugly Duck). 

Deb trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where she holds an Honorary Fellowship for her “distinguished contribution to the acting profession”. 

Theatre Credits Include: Matilda (Royal Shakespeare Company/West End) Standing At The Sky’s Edge (National Theatre/ Sheffield Theatres), Horrible Histories: ‘Orible Opera at the BBC Proms (BBC/ Birmingham Stage Company), RECOGNITION (Talawa Theatre Company), Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical (ROYO/Hall for Cornwall), A Moment Of Madness (UK tour), Dogwalker (Stephen Joseph Theatre), United Queendom (Les Enfants Terribles), A Mad World My Masters (Royal Shakespeare Company), Alice’s Adventures Underground (Les Enfants Terribles). Deborah is also a pantomime stalwart and a National Pantomime Association Nominee for Best Mythical Being.   

TV and Radio Credits Include: This England (Sky Atlantic), Spirit Rangers (Netflix), The Archers (BBC), American Monster (ID) Doctors (BBC) Obsessions (Warner Bros. Discovery), Fee Fi Fo…Yum! (BBC).   

Film Credits Include: Us and in Between (Flyer Films/ BFI), Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (Fox Searchlight), Patient Zero (Sony Pictures)   

Other: Deborah also writes, performs and co-produces her own critically acclaimed stage shows, Death of a Beauty Saleswoman and Fades, Braids and Keeping it Real.  

Theatre Credits Include: The Estate and Jack Absolute Flies Again (National Theatre); The Hills of California (West End and Broadway; Linck & Mülhahn (Hampstead Theatre); White Noise (Bridge Theatre); Measure for Measure, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Lady from the Sea (Donmar Warehouse) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (The Old Vic). 

Radio and Audiobook Credits Include: The Tempest (BBC Radio 3); Something About Her (Penguin Books).